Eloise grabbed Naomi’s hand tightly, her eyes like knives. They looked like they were about to penetrate Naomi’s mask.
Naomi furrowed her brows and intentionally looked at the people around her. When she saw that everyone’s attention was on the lake, she flung away Eloise’s hand maliciously and warned in a deep voice.
“Let me tell you, don’t infuriate me. If not, you’ll be buried next to Rye!”
Naomi left Eloise angrily. Then, she turned around and her expression changed again.
She ran to the lake and saw the two men looking for Niamh. However, they did not find her.
“We can’t find her. I think she’s done for.”
“She might have already died.”
“Tsk, how sad.”
The passersby started to feel sorry for Niamh.
However, when Naomi heard all these, she felt extremely satisfied.
‘Eveline, it’s best if you died!
‘This is what you get for killing Rye!’
She cursed in her heart to vent her anger. However, when she was not paying attention, she saw some ripples in the middle of the lake. Suddenly, a figure emerged from the lake.
Niamh was drenched, and she lifted her short wet hair that was sticking to her face. A lot of people thought that she looked extremely seductive when she did that.
She turned her face around, her mask sticking to her skin. No one could see Niamh’s face, but her clear and sharp eyes were looking extremely domineering. The passersby were all mesmerized by her piercing eyes.
Niamh ignored the people who were watching her. Her sharp gaze penetrated the crowd and landed on Naomi’s face. Then, she swam back to shore calmly. She did not need any help at all.
Naomi was stunned. She had no idea when Niamh learned how to swim.
She knew that it was clearly stated in the information and notes about Niamh that she did not know how to swim.
She had made enough preparations regarding everything about Niamh before she impersonated her. She did not expect to miscalculate this.
The will of people was often treacherous. Niamh also did not expect Naomi to be so despicable.
She calmly walked toward the stunned Naomi and heard the people around her talking among themselves.
“Wow, I captured the scene of her getting out of the water. She looked so cool emerging from the water so suddenly!”
“Her eyes are so beautiful, so she must look gorgeous as well.”
“Her mask is wet but she doesn’t want to take it off. Does she have to be so cool?”
Niamh felt helpless when she heard people gossiping around her.
She was not cool. She just had no choice.
When she fell into the lake, she felt her face starting to get itchy. She could not be sure if the lake water was clean and if it could lead to a bacteria infection.
Niamh did not want her face to get worse.
However, the burning and itching sensation was making her nervous.
She walked in front of Naomi. Initially, she wanted to teach Naomi a lesson, but suddenly, she heard Eloise calling out her name frantically.
“Eveline, Eveline!”
Niamh walked past Naomi and toward Eloise. She wanted to tell her mother that she was fine.
However, Naomi rushed even faster to Eloise’s side from behind Niamh. She put on a kind and gentle act before saying, “Mom, I’m here. Don’t be scared. It’s fine now. Quinny is fine.”
However, Eloise ignored Naomi. Her concerned and worried gaze was only glued to Niamh.
She reached out her hand longingly to Niamh.
Niamh did not hesitate and reached out her hand to grab Eloise’s. “Mrs. Montgomery, I’m fine. Let’s go home now.”
Niamh had no choice but to change the way she addressed her with so many people around them.
She walked over to push Eloise away. However, when she took a step forward, Naomi grabbed her hand.
“Wait.”
Naomi stopped them and got close to Niamh before asking in a deep voice, “Do you remember how you embarrassed me in public and caused Rye to break up with me? Do you remember how you caused me to completely lose my reputation?”
Of course, Niamh had not forgotten about it. Back then, Naomi listened to Lana’s orders and tried to spike her alcohol. However, she got a taste of her own medicine and completely made a fool of herself.
“Eveline, I want you to have a taste of letting everyone see your ugly side!”
When Niamh heard this, she could expect what Naomi was going to do next.
However, one of her hands was holding Eloise’s hand and she did not want to push Eloise away. As such, when she was about to hide her face from Naomi, Naomi quickly pretended to get close to her to whisper in her ear when in reality, she did it to rip the mask from her face.
Her face was wet from the lake water. Aside from the liveliness and the beauty of her eyes, the hideous scars that were left on her face after she was burned entered everyone’s vision.
“Damn! What’s wrong with her face?”
“No wonder she’s wearing a mask.”
“My gosh, how sad. What happened to her face? It looks like she has been burned.”
“Tsk, tsk, how terrifying. Stop looking.”
The passersby exclaimed from shock. Some even turned their heads to avoid looking at Niamh’s face.
Others had been recording the entire time, so they captured this scene and uploaded it online.
When Naomi heard the reactions of the people around her, she was delighted. The corner of her lips even started to curl into a smirk.
“How is it? Are you devastated after seeing them laugh at you?” Naomi lowered her voice and mocked. “Hmph, Eveline, tell them you’re Eveline Montgomery if you dare. Tell Kendrick and the rest of the world how shameful you look now. However, you’d best be prepared to feel even more devastated when he abandons you!”
Niamh clenched her fists and listened to Naomi’s mockings. At the same time, she kept hearing people around her saying that she was ugly and her face was horrifying.
She stayed silent for two seconds. Then, she calmly turned around and walked behind Eloise to push her wheelchair.
Niamh started calmly walking forward despite the crowd’s criticizing gaze.
Naomi was thrilled when she saw Niamh’s straightened back.
‘Eveline, I know you’re forcing yourself.
‘However, despite how strong you are, you won’t be completely unaffected.
‘Because you’re a woman too. No woman can accept themselves turning ugly, and they also can’t accept so many people criticizing their looks.’
On the way back to Waldburg Manor, Niamh came across some people who were just passing by. Everyone who saw her would be shocked and they would move away from her.
Niamh had no choice. She could only push Eloise back to the manor.
When they entered the house, the maids were all shocked when they saw her face. Then, they started to display strange looks in their eyes.
Niamh was used to this. She walked in front of Eloise and smiled softly. “Mrs. Montgomery, I need to go back to my room to shower and change. I’ll come back to you later.”
Eloise grabbed Niamh’s hand, her eyes looking extremely gentle. “You’ll get better. You’ll definitely get better.”
She repeated this.
Niamh smiled. “Thank you, Mrs. Montgomery.”
After she said that, Niamh handed Eloise to the other maid before going back to her room to take a shower.
She had the cold water on and lifted her face to let the water wash over her.
It was late autumn, and she did not feel a clear realization from the cold water splashing onto her skin. On the contrary, she felt a slight sting of pain from the cold.
However, Niamh could not notice it anymore. She needed to stay calm and wanted to use this way to temporarily numb her emotions.
After a long while, she felt a numbing pain on her face and realized she was being too rash.
She quickly dried herself and softly patted the water droplets on her face with a towel until dry.
After it was done, she put down her towel slowly. Under the bright lights, she saw the ugly scars on her face due to the burns. She clenched her fingers shakily.
She looked so horrifying now!
She could not even look at herself now!
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